Hour Five Update
Jun 19, '07
Hellmuth Doubles Up
Hellmuth raises to $120,000 and Dustin Holmes puts him all in. Hellmuth insta-calls with K
10
and as soon as Fineman tables Q
J
Hellmuth sprints over to Ivey to make a bet. The terms are quickly agreed upon, and Hellmuth ends up betting another $30,000 against himself on the Q
J
. The board comes 5
4
3
8
A
, Hellmuth's king high takes down the pot, doubling him to around $600,000 in chips. It also costs him another $30,000 in real money, and he claimed he was now down $89,000 to Ivey on the night.
Holmes Doubles Up
Dustin Holmes moves all in with K
10
and is called by Ben Fineman with A
K
. The board comes 10
4
2
7
10
and Holmes doubles up.
Phil Hellmuth Eliminated 6th ($76,464)
Hellmuth raises to $120,000 and is called by Beth Shak. The flop comes Q
10
6
, and Shak moves all in, putting Hellmuth to a decision for all of his chips. Hellmuth makes the call and shows down A
10
, but is behind Shak's K
Q
. he next two cards brick out when they come 9
2
and Hellmulth is eliminated in 6th place. He ends up losing $109,000 to Ivey on the day, so even though he made $76,464 for sixth place he is down $32,536 on the night.
Ben Fineman Eliminated 5th ($100.431)
Ben Fineman pushes all in on the button with Q
3
and is quickly called by Jason Song with 9
9
. The board comes 7
6
4
A
J
and Fineman is send home in 5th place with a $100,431 payday.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Dustin Holmes, Benjamin Fineman, Beth Shak, Jason Song
Ten Handed Final Table
Jun 18, '07
Play has ended for the evening and there are ten players remaining. This event has been chosen as a televised final table by ESPN and is going to be ten handed. The final table will resume play tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the following ten players in order of their chip counts: Dustin Holmes, Beth Shak, Brett Richey, Perry Friedman, Shankar Pillai, Luke Vrabel, Jason Song, Ben Fineman, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Corbin.
The players returned from dinner and on the first two hands there were two eliminations. In the first hand back from dinner the action folded to Thomas Wahlroos who pushed all in from the button. Perry Friedman called from the big blind and had A-Q. Wahlroos was holding K-6 and never improved. Wahlroos earned $19,173 for his 14th place finish. Ed Moncada was the 13th place finisher, also earning $19,173. Moncada moved all in with A-Q and was called by Shankar Pillai with K-10. Moncada enjoyed the lead until a ten came on the turn and for emphasis a king came on the river.
The level started off with Phil Hellmuth pumping up the agression and raising several times. Over at the other table, Brett Richey seemed to be doing the exact same thing. Richey made a series of $45,000 raises and collected the blinds and antes more than a few times.
Beth Shak had a strong round following dinner and is now second in chips. One one hand she took down more than $200,000 without even seeing a flop. Shak raised from early position and Shankar Pillai reraised her $200,000. Shak didn't even flinch and pushed all in for $450,000. Pillai went deep into the tank with his tournament life in the balance. After several moments Pillai stood up, said "fold", and showed A-K. Shak thought he was calling and excitedly said, "Aces!" and showed A
A
. The dealer assured Shak that Pillai indeed folded and she collected around $230,000.
Kevin Hong was the 12th place finisher, earning $21,456. On what would be the final hand of the night, Noah Schwartz moved all in for $232,000. Still steaming from the previous hand in which Shak called the clock on him, Schwartz looked visibly agitated. Perry Friedman took no time at all in calling and flipped over Q
Q
. Schwartz had 6
6
. The board came A
10
3
7
4
and Schwartz was eliminated in 11th place, earning $21,456.
The final table for this event will eventually be televised by ESPN after the conclusion of the
World Series but to follow all the action and see who takes home the gold bracelet, check back tomorrow with
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Player Tags: Edward Moncada, Phil Hellmuth, Perry Friedman, Kevin Hong, Brett Richey, Dustin Holmes, Benjamin Fineman, Beth Shak, Jason Song, Thomas Wahlroos, Noah Schwartz, Luke Vrabel, Daniel Corbin, Shankar Pillai
